College Basketball Conference Odds

College Basketball Conference Odds

The College Basketball season tips off on Friday, November 14th with a full slate of action including 23 of the 25 teams currently ranked in the Associated Press (AP) Top 25 poll. Although no lines are currently available, bettors will be interested to view our new and improved free NCAAB odds page featuring the latest odds, public betting trends, injuries and futures.

Speaking of futures, earlier this offseason we posted an article which compared the National Championship odds at a number of offshore sportsbooks with two different rankings — the USA Today Coaches Poll and Ken Pomeroy’s power ratings. Until recently, those futures were essentially the only College Basketball related betting opportunity. Most sportsbooks will not post win totals for College Basketball, while prop bets like “Player of the Year” typically aren’t released until much later in the season.

That changed recently when the well-respected sportsbook, the Greek, posted futures for all six major conferences: the ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC.

Over the past few years, many of these conferences have undergone transformations of Bruce Jenner-eqsue proportions leaving them unrecognizable shells of their former selves. Former Big East power houses Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Notre Dame and Louisville now reside in new-look ACC. The Big 12 now has just ten teams while the Big Ten now has 14 members. In the immortal words of Lionel Hutz, “This is the most blatant case of false advertising since my suit against the movie The Neverending Story.”

The tables below display the current NCAA regular season conference odds at The Greek for each of the six major conferences:

ACC Odds

School

The Greek (11/7)

Duke

-125

North Carolina

+250

Louisville

+250

Virginia

+800

Pittsburgh

+1000

Syracuse

+1000

Miami

+1200

Florida State

+1500

NC State

+1500

Clemson

+1500

Notre Dame

+1800

Georgia Tech

+5000

Wake Forest

+6000

Virginia Tech

+10000

Boston College

+12500

Big 12 Odds

School

The Greek (11/7)

Kansas

-250

Texas

+250

Iowa State

+500

Oklahoma

+650

Kansas State

+1000

Oklahoma State

+1000

Baylor

+1200

West Virginia

+2000

TCU

+2500

Texas Tech

+5000

Big East Odds

School

The Greek (11/7)

Villanova

+175

Georgetown

+200

Xavier

+350

Providence

+500

Butler

+800

St. Johns

+800

Marquette

+1200

Creighton

+2000

Seton Hall

+2000

DePaul

+5000

Big Ten Odds

School

The Greek (11/7)

Wisconsin

+175

Ohio State

+200

Michigan State

+200

Nebraska

+800

Michigan

+800

Maryland

+1200

Indiana

+1200

Iowa

+1200

Illinois

+1500

Minnesota

+2000

Penn State

+5000

Northwestern

+10000

Purdue

+10000

Rutgers

+12500

Pac-12 Odds

School

The Greek (11/7)

Arizona

-250

UCLA

+250

Utah

+300

Colorado

+500

Stanford

+800

California

+1200

Washington

+1200

Oregon

+1500

Arizona State

+1500

Washington State

+3000

USC

+5000

Oregon State

+6000

SEC Odds

School

The Greek (11/7)

Kentucky

-300

Florida

+250

Arkansas

+500

Georgia

+800

LSU

+800

Missouri

+1000

Vanderbilt

+1200

South Carolina

+1500

Ole Miss

+1800

Alabama

+2000

Texas A&M

+3000

Auburn

+5000

Tennessee

+5000

Mississippi State

+5000

There are a number of interesting discrepencies between these conferences futures and the championship futures, but one of the most obvious concerns North Carolina and Louisville. Although both teams are listed at +250 to win the ACC, UNC’s odds of winning the national title (+1000) are significantly better than Louisville’s (+2500). Part of this is due to the popularity of North Carolina among square bettors.

It’s also noteworthy that Providence and Xavier are both listed at +25,000 to win the National Championship but Xavier (+350) has a better chance to win the Big East than Providence (+500). This is made all the more intriguing when you consider that KenPom ranks the Friars (53) ahead of the Musketeers.

Do you agree with these odds? Will you be taking any conference futures? Are Duke, Kansas, Arizona and Kentucky really locks to win their respective conferences? Please leave your thoughts in the comment section below.